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SMF Support => Converting to SMF => IPB => Topic started by: mistake89 on December 02, 2013, 02:13:23 PM

Title: IPB 1.4 to SMF
Post by: mistake89 on December 02, 2013, 02:13:23 PM
Hello, I manage a forum of a big italian blog.
I want to change board because IPB is not so good for what I'd like to do, but I can't find nothing to import the old db.

Is there a converter for this version of invision (1.4) or does it work with another version?
This is my first conversion, and I'm not so able to do that :)

Thank you so much.
Title: Re: IPB 1.4 to SMF
Post by: margarett on December 02, 2013, 03:20:36 PM
As I always say, converters are a tricky piece of software :P

There were some successful conversions lately, but from recent versions. Yours is quite old and I'm not sure if there is any currently available :(
There is a converter for 1.3 (that should work for SMF 1.1) but for your version I don't think so. It should, however, be possible to pick from that one and adapt it to your new (?) database schema... But it's not an easy job...
Title: Re: IPB 1.4 to SMF
Post by: mistake89 on December 03, 2013, 05:38:27 AM
Thank you.
So do you think I have to try with the 1.3 version and if it doesn't work, do we have to do this in another way?  :)
How long do you think it take?
Title: Re: IPB 1.4 to SMF
Post by: margarett on December 03, 2013, 07:42:23 AM
If the database changes in IPB, from version 1.3 to 1.4 were significant, it will fail and a converter needs to be created. Probably not going to happen, for such an older version :(
Can't you upgrade your forum to one of the supported versions?
Title: Re: IPB 1.4 to SMF
Post by: Oldiesmann on December 04, 2013, 12:50:21 PM
I'm assuming you mean 3.1.4? There never was a version 1.4 of IPB - they went from 1.3 to 2.0.
Title: Re: IPB 1.4 to SMF
Post by: mistake89 on December 05, 2013, 05:02:18 AM
mmm, don't know.
The forum is on forumfree and the version which is written is 1.4. Maybe is just a little forumfreeupgrade?!

I want to try with 1.3. Where is the converter? I didn't find it! :)
Title: Re: IPB 1.4 to SMF
Post by: margarett on December 05, 2013, 05:59:14 AM
Right on this board, sticky
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=146211.0
Title: Re: IPB 1.4 to SMF
Post by: mistake89 on December 05, 2013, 06:04:31 AM
Thank you. I've just downloaded the .sql file, but unfortunaltely here there's no my convertor. http://download.simplemachines.org/?converters;software=invision
I wrong anything?
Title: Re: IPB 1.4 to SMF
Post by: margarett on December 05, 2013, 06:10:08 AM
Use convert.php attached to this topic:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=140741.0
Title: Re: IPB 1.4 to SMF
Post by: mistake89 on December 05, 2013, 06:11:28 AM
 O:) Thank you!
Title: Re: IPB 1.4 to SMF
Post by: emanuele on December 06, 2013, 12:32:11 PM
Quote from: mistake89 on December 05, 2013, 05:02:18 AM
mmm, don't know.
The forum is on forumfree and the version which is written is 1.4. Maybe is just a little forumfreeupgrade?!
???
How did you get a copy of the database?
Last time we had to move away all the history get lost because it was impossible to obtain a copy of the messages...well, actually was a long time ago, maybe now it's possible... :P